ACEP Reacts to Issue of Creating Safe Harbor Protections for Following Clinical Guidelines
ACEP board members, council officers, executive leaders weigh in on this potential solution to regulatory pressure around...
ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 04 – April 2014
As Ukraine Reaches for Freedom, Its People Worry and Pray
Ukraine is indeed a geopolitically diverse nation. There is much history and understandable thirst for true freedom...
What is Emergency Physicians’ Duty to Report in Cases of Clear and Present Danger?
Most state mandates require mental health professionals to report patients likely to harm themselves or others, while...
CMS and Maryland Enter into Accountable Care Agreement
Maryland shifts its hospitals from fee-for-service to pay-for-performance payment model; expenditures-per-capita system estimated to save Medicare $330...
How to Make the Incision, Insert the Tube in Cricothyrotomy
Tips on sternal stabilization, making vertical and horizontal incisions, palpitating the cricothyroid membrane from an emergency physician...
New Decision Instruments That Predict Risk of Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction May Make TIMI Score Obsolete
Risk-stratification tools such as the HEART Score, EDACS score, and North American Chest Pain Rule may replace...
Opinion: Dispelling Myths, Reiterating Facts About the Affordable Care Act
Common claims about predicted physician shortages, health care benefit cuts by businesses, rising co-pays for emergency department...
Better Clinical Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction Go Hand in Hand for Emergency Physicians
Beyond surveys and payments, better physician–patient communication, trust lead to improved care delivery The words “patient satisfaction”...
Pediatric Anesthesia Teams Use Sweet Smells to Calm Preoperative Patients
Scent from flavored lip balm smeared inside anesthesia or oxygen masks can improve patient tolerance and reduce...
Twitter Newcomers, Toxicology Tips, Game-Changing Research, and ARDS Advice
Catch up on some of emergency medicine's best tweets and learn to pack a punch into 140...
Tips for Managing Medical School Student Loans
Debt-consolidation, loan forgiveness programs can help emergency physicians deal with student loan debt Sarah Hoper, MD, recently...
What Will Hospital, Health Care System Mergers Mean for Emergency Medicine?
The big keep getting bigger when it comes to hospitals and health systems—and how that affects emergency...
Medicare Audits Create More Headaches, Delays for Medical Billing
Emergency physicians and hospitals increasingly frustrated with length of audit process, delayed reimbursement on successfully appealed claims...
ACEP Now Features on Two-Midnight Rule, Pregnancy and Clots Useful to Emergency Physicians
Articles address impact of hospital patient admission rule on emergency medicine, prevalence and risk of VTE disease...
Good Asset-Protection Plans Expensive, but Essential for Emergency Physicians
Protection plans that shield physicians’ financial assets from an excess malpractice verdict are worth the money This...
Opioid Risk Tool Pegs Addiction Likelihood at Less Than 0.2% for Low-Risk Chronic-Pain Patients
With no perfect way to assess risk, an objective tool combined with urine drug testing can help...
ACEP Section of Careers in Emergency Medicine To Recognize Longevity, Tenure in Specialty
Nominations to award physicians for longest active career in EM, or in same emergency department, must be...
Apply to Serve on an ACEP Committee
ACEP President-Elect Michael J. Gerardi, MD, FACEP, has announced the beginning of the selection process for appointing...
